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The rejiggering of channels onto new transponders this morning was annoying. CNBC and MSNBC were both offline from 6:00am til about 6:30 EST. I wish they'd do these things in the middle of the night, rather than first thing in the morning if it's going to cause that much disruption.

But it is in the middle the night understanding that 6 AM for you is 3 AM for the West Coast and what, midnight for Hawaii. There is no perfect time, unfortunately. Not sure why you had a problem for an entire half hour though.

I'm still wondering what it is about. They are all the channels that will be used for the Olympics by NBC (Except CIHD I think), so I was thinking it might have something to do with re-arranging the channels or putting in duplicate channel numbers in the 75x's, but that hasn't happened yet. Not sure why moving those channels was needed.

When I use the guide to navigate to the CNBC 751, I get a black screen. Nothing. (I have CNBC in my package, the regular channel works).

Soccer channel works perfectly fine, the games look good. Basketball channel of course has no coverage yet, they start play on Saturday.

When I use the remote to go to 751 directly, I go to the Soccer channel.

I have no idea though, how the 751 CNBC popped up there. I am assuming its just a simple human error in setting up the Soccer and Basketball channels, and they will - soon - add channel remaps for the other channels.

[Disclaimer] The definition of "soon" is based solely on DirecTV's interpretation of the word, and all similarities with dictionary definitions of the word "soon" are purely coincidental and should not be interpreted as a time frame that will come to pass within a reasonable amount of time.

Which topic does doctorj usually posts these in? Looked around real quick, but probably didn't go to the right forum.

[Disclaimer] The definition of "soon" is based solely on DirecTV's interpretation of the word, and all similarities with dictionary definitions of the word "soon" are purely coincidental and should not be interpreted as a time frame that will come to pass within a reasonable amount of time.

When I use the guide to navigate to the CNBC 751, I get a black screen. Nothing. (I have CNBC in my package, the regular channel works).

Soccer channel works perfectly fine, the games look good. Basketball channel of course has no coverage yet, they start play on Saturday.

When I use the remote to go to 751 directly, I go to the Soccer channel.

I have no idea though, how the 751 CNBC popped up there. I am assuming its just a simple human error in setting up the Soccer and Basketball channels, and they will - soon - add channel remaps for the other channels.

I originally had only one 751 that was 480i and blank. Then I turned all channels on and off now I have the list you show. But I get the same programming in both 751s.

So.... BBC America and NGWild confirmed as new HD this month.... not yet in test. Also, there is more HD coming after that.

Where do we think they will house this HD? Now that Tru and E! seem to work perfectly fine as a 6th HD on a transponder, will these two also become 6th HD on existing 5HD transponders?

[Disclaimer] The definition of "soon" is based solely on DirecTV's interpretation of the word, and all similarities with dictionary definitions of the word "soon" are purely coincidental and should not be interpreted as a time frame that will come to pass within a reasonable amount of time.

[Disclaimer] The definition of "soon" is based solely on DirecTV's interpretation of the word, and all similarities with dictionary definitions of the word "soon" are purely coincidental and should not be interpreted as a time frame that will come to pass within a reasonable amount of time.

[Disclaimer] The definition of "soon" is based solely on DirecTV's interpretation of the word, and all similarities with dictionary definitions of the word "soon" are purely coincidental and should not be interpreted as a time frame that will come to pass within a reasonable amount of time.

Thanks.... did TNT maybe do a lot of PGA coverage and they just put the channels in a row like they have done in the past? That would explain it.

Oh, and thanks for all the work you do for DBSTalk, I am sure many of us appreciate it a lot.

[Disclaimer] The definition of "soon" is based solely on DirecTV's interpretation of the word, and all similarities with dictionary definitions of the word "soon" are purely coincidental and should not be interpreted as a time frame that will come to pass within a reasonable amount of time.

Their satellites also have space for much more bandwidth per transponder, I think it is somewhere along the lines of 45 Mbps vs DirecTV's 38 Mbps, so a direct comparison between transponders can't be made. Echostar simply contracted a different company to make the satellites to their specifications.

[Disclaimer] The definition of "soon" is based solely on DirecTV's interpretation of the word, and all similarities with dictionary definitions of the word "soon" are purely coincidental and should not be interpreted as a time frame that will come to pass within a reasonable amount of time.

Thanks.... did TNT maybe do a lot of PGA coverage and they just put the channels in a row like they have done in the past? That would explain it.

Oh, and thanks for all the work you do for DBSTalk, I am sure many of us appreciate it a lot.

Thanks ... what I've always noticed is that every time they have mix channels that contain regular HD channels for special events, that they usually have those 9xxx channels as well. It happens all the time for NFL, Golf, Olympics. I don't pay much attention any more to the details other then to report them, because it's always very similar, and they really don't effect anything.

Their satellites also have space for much more bandwidth per transponder, I think it is somewhere along the lines of 45 Mbps vs DirecTV's 38 Mbps, so a direct comparison between transponders can't be made. Echostar simply contracted a different company to make the satellites to their specifications.

That's why I qualified it saying maybe not for DIRECTV. Dish is also in the Ku band so they can use less FEC then DIRECTV which uses Ka for their HD transponders.